Cervantes
Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra – 22 April 1616), was a Spanish writer who is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists...
cowardice half lies true valor
True valor lies half way between cowardice and rashness.
long victory half
Be brief, for no talk can please when too long. Being prepared is half the victory.
military victory half
Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.
men battle half
The man who is prepared has his battle half fought.
cats expect
Those who will play with cats must expect to be scratched.
hope
They're welcome, and we hope everything comes off without incident,
blessings covers human invented
Blessings on him who invented sleep, the mantle that covers all human thoughts.
looked ran thoughts
But my thoughts ran woolgathering; and I did like the countryman, who looked for his ass while he was mounted on his back.
answer man says
When a man says ""Get out of my house! what would you have with my wife?"" there's no answer to be made
art coward thou
Thou art a cat, and rat, and a coward to boot.
alone eyes sharp
I can look sharp as well as another, and let me alone keep the cobwebs out of my eyes.
man
One man is no more than another if he does no more than another
belongs business divers extremely good others polish sciences tender whom
Poetry, good sir, in my opinion, is like a tender virgin, very young, and extremely beautiful, whom divers others virgins - namely, all the other sciences - make it their business to enrich, polish and adorn; and to her it belongs to make use of them
families grandma
My grandma (rest her soul) used to say, ''there were but two families in the world, have-much and have-little.''